Introduce Yourself

[Cryptoid]

Also known as QBFMCTYOG KCYMUGAW

I love this website, and noticed that the forums really needed one of these threads. To give it some order, try to follow this format:

1. Name
2. Why you are here
3. Random fact(s) about you
4. Favorite ice-cream flavor
5. A deep dark secret coded in a cryptogram

Ok, I guess I should start!

1. My name is Nic Freed, but I go by Cryptoid in these parts
2. I am here for interaction, puzzling, and learning
3. I am teaching myself Japanese, I am a monochromatic artist, I am 15 years old, and I have a cat named Goofy
4. Chocolate, with gummy bears on top!
5. X ND LSZ EVUA MSSB NZ GUAOZSMUNDF AVZ

Have fun! *Sticky, pretty please :|

Thanks for creating this awesome site, I am really looking forward to interacting with you guys!

[Angie]

intro

1. Angie Patriquin
2. I am here for interaction, puzzling, learning, and I'm unemployed and bored out of my mind.
3. I am so complex it would be impossible to pick one or two random facts.
4. Rocky Road
5. N vrnlb N spfkc rhyo xhco h zppc gmqtrnhvenmv.

[etcampbe]

Introducing Myself.

1. Elaine
2. Phoenix
3. I'd rather be dancing.
4. Cookies and Cream
5. f xjj tged zgfiq, xfd. f xeuujxq b ijc xqdbqjut, bdqgg. mjq qlj cggvfjj cfi.

[koru999]

Introducing Myself

I wanted to say "Hello!". I love solving cryptograms. I've been solving the puzzles on this site for a couple of weeks now without logging in. I'm not on line much, maybe a few hours, two-three times a week, but I'll check in here some time soon to see if anyone ever says "Hello" back!

Bye for now.

"Koru999"

P.S.


1. Name...............Diana
2. Why you are here.........(Please define, "here"?) ( )
3. Random fact(s) about you....... Born (August 9, 1951, 3:23 PM EST) & grew up in NYC, New York, USA...I am still a "Friggin' Hippie"!
4. Favorite ice-cream flavor Pistachio...or Strawberry...depends
5. A deep dark secret coded in a cryptogram ....Not now. Maybe later. (Maybe)

P.P.S. My StumbleUpon account, which I haven't been posting to lately, but there's a picture of me, and a few years worth of sharing from me there... http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/KoruReturns/about/

[pootie49]

Hi

1. Donna

2. Still cannot figure out why I am here...probably cause I am fairly good at it... when I am here.

3. I am funny. At times. and elusive at others.

4. Lactose Intolerant, however love Raspberry Sherbet

5. m qkbx rv fxjoxwf

and Bansai....nice pic.

[bansaisequoia]

I solved your cryptogram. QBFMCTYOG KCYMUGAW

It's "PYGMALION RAIMENTS," right?

1. Joseph K (I have the same name as the defendant in Franz Kafka's "The Trial.")

2. I'm unemployed and bored out of my mind.

3. I can simultaneously flip two large restaurant trays, one with my left hand and one with my right, and I can even do it blindfolded.

4. Dublin Mudslide.

5. Ps bkhwlp pljke pk caaj cnjk l okukcnwr.

(Hey, ya notice this image looks like some sort of pointillist painting? That's what you get when you take a screenshot with your webcam. Everyone else shows your their best shot taken with their 5-MegaPixel cam. Not this one. I'm at my raw, dirty best.)

[opallady]

1. Navelle

2. I enjoy the challenge.

3. I'm a greatgrandmother.

4. Cherry Garcia.

5. L'i ymctqy sq ylilde.

[bansaisequoia]

So are you a biker, Navelle?

[opallady]

Horses. Unfortunately, I no longer own one and none of my pictures are in digital form.

[gryhnd51]

shoulda said yeah!

Opal lady......you should have said "Yes I am!!" to Joseph K's question!


I can't think of a more flattering photo of a granny!!!!!!

Sorry to break the thread.....just couldn't resist temptation!

Name: Beth

reason I'm here: My mother gave birth to me.
Well, the sincere reason is that I enjoy solving crypto's and have done so for over 40 yrs

favorite ice cream: all B&J flavors. I used to hang out with these guys when they started their biz in burlington, vt......another unreformed hippie, I am!

Having lived this long, I know better than to put ANYTHING about myself in code!

[opallady]

Biker

I thought about it. There are 3 motorcycles in our shop, none in working condition, but I was more of a passenger when they were working.

The avatar is my great granddaughter, but thank you.

[amchris0409]

Amber
I love the challenge
I am mother of 2
Cookies and cream but I really am addicted to the Chocolate Eclair bars (Jack and Jill)
my deep dark secret in crypto form---

S RJ FRC.

[fiziwig]

1. Name: fiziwig
2. Why you are here: I've always loved cryptograms
3. Random fact(s) about you: retired video game designer
4. Favorite ice-cream flavor: chocolate with chocolate syrup
5. A deep dark secret coded in a cryptogram: BE B FSTE WSA NDMF BF NMU FDIZ BF NSATEZ'F XI UIGYIF MZWQSYI!

I thought I was pretty good at cryptograms till I visited this site!

Holy cow! I solved my first crypto in 185 seconds flat and thought that was pretty good. Then I saw the average was under 90 seconds and the record was 11 seconds.

ELEVEN SECONDS! I couldn't have typed the answer in that fast if I already knew it ahead of time. It was a long one! So some users must have some kind of automated program that solves puzzles for them, right? That puzzle in 11 seconds just isn't humanly possible.

There are a couple things that confuse me about the solving program.

I can't move the cursor with the arrow keys or the backspace key. So if I make a mistake I can't hit backspace to undo it. I have to take my hands off the keyboard and reach for the mouse. (So 11-second guy never makes a mistake, right?)

If I type, say 'S' in two different places it leaves it in both places and doesn't warn me that this has to be wrong. If I type 'S' for 'M', then later I type 'S' for 'G' it seems like it should undo the earlier 'S" for 'M' instead of leaving them both there to confuse me.

I look forward to improving my skills.

fiziwig

[Claireanne]

Hello

Name: Just Claire is fine...had to add the anne name was taken.
Why: love puzzles
Random Fact: racecar is a palindrome
Favorite Ice Cream: sorbet (technically not ice cream)
Secret: L ymqg et opzg uymk L mw atleb

[theafricanqueen]

Name: TheAfricanQueen, AQ for short
Reason for being here: someone in another chat room told me about cryptograms in a game we are playing there, so I had to check it out.
random fact: I'm into art rubberstamping
favorite ice cream: Dreyers Drumsticks
cryptogramic secret: ATC PIM R LAWC QA VTPCJNQITP QLRN